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covetous

adjective

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

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Word length
8
Starts with
C
Ends with
S
Contains
OV
Scrabble score
13
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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adjective

  1. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

    “they are avaricious and will do anything for money”

adjective

  1. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages

    “he was never covetous before he met her”

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Example Sentences

they are avaricious and will do anything for money
casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
a grasping old miser
grasping commercialism
greedy for money and power
he was never covetous before he met her
jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions
envious of their art collection

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